BAUCHI STATE GOVERNOR TESTED POSITIVE OF CORONAVIRUS

In Bauchi State, the Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, was tested positive for coronavirus.

The governor had on Monday gone into self-isolation after having contact with a son of former  Vice President Atiku Abubakar abroad an Aero Contractors flight from Lagos to Abuja.


Atiku’s son, Mohammed, tested positive for the disease on Sunday night. His father said he recently travelled to Switzerland.



The Senior Special Assistant to the Bauchi State governor on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, in the statement on Tuesday, said the test conducted on Mohammed was positive.

He said, “This is to inform the general public that the results of the six initial tests carried out by the Centre for Disease Control on His Excellency, Senator Bala Mohammed, his family and aides that accompanied him to Lagos are out.


“Of the six initial tests carried out, one sample was confirmed to be positive for COVID-19. The positive result happened to be that of His Excellency, Senator Bala Mohammed, the Executive Governor of Bauchi State.

“At this point, it should be noted that the governor is in self-isolation as his doctors and officials from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control have taken full charge of his quarantine.”

Meanwhile, the result of the governor has created panic in the state, particularly among those who attended events with him after his return from Lagos.

The governor attended the foundation laying of 2,500 housing units on Saturday at Dungal Village and a stakeholders engagement at the Council Chamber of the Government House Bauchi on Sunday.

The foundation laying was attended by some traditional rulers, the state Deputy Governor, Senator Baba Tela, the Secretary to the State Government, Sabi’u Baba; the Chief of Staff Government House, the Managing Director, Family Homes Funds Limited, Femi Adewale, and Ambassador Adamu Jumba, who represented the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed.


The governor, in a statement on Tuesday by Umar Saidu on behalf of the Head of Civil Service, said civil servants from grade 1 to 12 should stay at home.

30 people who had contact with Bauchi gov  undergoing  COVID-19 test

Also, the state government said the blood samples of no fewer than 30 people who had close contact with the governor had been taken for testing.

The government directed that all those that had contact with Mohammed to come forward to be tested and should isolate themselves.


The Commissioner for  Health in the state, Dr. Aliyu Maigoro, disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday evening in Bauchi.

He said that four isolation centres had been created at the Toro General Hospital, the Federal Medical Centre, Azare;  Specialist Hospital in Bauchi and the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital in Bauchi.